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I call bllcks I like my baths regular and hot. While I don't doubt this affects sperm count somehow, when we started trying for a child I didn't dial back the

I call bllcks I like my baths regular and hot. While I don't doubt this affects sperm count somehow, when we started trying for a child I didn't dial back the baths and we were pregnant in about 6 weeks.

dgoldstein0 7y ago
water starts feeling warm enough to swim comfortably around 80F and probably hot over ~90 (I've heard skin temp quoted around 93F, so warmer than that probably would start feeling hot). So your hot bath might be 100F, give or take a few degrees. Definitely not even 110 - that would feel extreme; hot tubs are typically 100-102 degrees, and max out at 104. In principle it's not a lot different than thinking about what would happen if you had a 100 degree fever vs 110 - 100 you'd feel only a little unwell, and 110... I'm not sure if that's even survivable for a few hours; usual concern is how your brain cells fair in such conditions. (Let's try not to find out through personal experience?). Of course, none of these numbers really matter if you just measure the temperature of your water, to get an idea what it actually is. But the difference between <104 and >110 is a pretty big one, in terms of how it'll affect you.
- sideshowb 7y ago
  True I haven't measured them exactly but they're somewhere over 40 degrees and my other half finds them too hot to get into. I can't see anyone regularly immersing "themselves" in anything hotter.
  - MertsA 7y ago
    120 degrees fahrenheit is around what your hot water heater is probably set as. Run the tap all the way hot and see how long you can leave your hand in that and then imagine putting your genitals in that for 45 minutes every day for three weeks and then repeating that every 4 months to avoid a gap in efficacy. That's just a terrible idea for practical contraception.
- mrep 7y ago
  116 is absolutely nuts. I went to some hot springs this summer in colorado and even there hottest tub topped out at 113 and while I was able to work my way up to that one, I was uncomfortable and left after 5 minutes. I cannot imagine trying to spend 45 minutes straight in a tub 3 degrees hotter!
  - ThrustVectoring 7y ago
    Well, you don't need to put your whole body in for the method to work.
    - mrep 7y ago
      So have you dipped your balls in 116 degree fahrenheit water for 45 minutes per day for 3 weeks straight every 6 months because that honestly sounds horrible. I hate condoms but they sound far better than to what you are proposing. What was it like for you?
- stickfigure 7y ago
  I have accumulated a fair amount of experience with this in the last couple years hosting parties. You're close. * Under 80, most people don't want to swim. * The momentary shock-cold feeling when you jump in goes away somewhere near 85. * 90 degrees feels warm and comfortable, not hot. A bit high for swimming on a hot day but much less than that and most folks don't want to swim at night. * Less than 100 degrees feels "cold" for a hot tub. 104 keeps everyone happy. Hot tubs definitely go higher than 104 (although might require some funky button-work to "unlock" the temperature). * 110+ feels tingly, dip-in-slowly hot. You go in for a few minutes, then sit on the side for a few minutes, then dip back in, etc. You could sit with your lower half in the water for an hour as long as your upper half was exposed and you had cold water to drink. You'll sweat a lot. If the above poster has a hot tub set at 116, I wouldn't want to pay his electric bill.
dabbledash 7y ago
If your bath starts out >116, it almost certainly doesn’t stay that hot for 45 minutes.
leetcrew 7y ago
116F is really hot for water. to me at least, a hot tub starts feeling uncomfortable around just 108F.

dgoldstein0 7y ago

water starts feeling warm enough to swim comfortably around 80F and probably hot over ~90 (I've heard skin temp quoted around 93F, so warmer than that probably would start feeling hot). So your hot bath might be 100F, give or take a few degrees. Definitely not even 110 - that would feel extreme; hot tubs are typically 100-102 degrees, and max out at 104. In principle it's not a lot different than thinking about what would happen if you had a 100 degree fever vs 110 - 100 you'd feel only a little unwell, and 110... I'm not sure if that's even survivable for a few hours; usual concern is how your brain cells fair in such conditions. (Let's try not to find out through personal experience?). Of course, none of these numbers really matter if you just measure the temperature of your water, to get an idea what it actually is. But the difference between <104 and >110 is a pretty big one, in terms of how it'll affect you.

sideshowb 7y ago
True I haven't measured them exactly but they're somewhere over 40 degrees and my other half finds them too hot to get into. I can't see anyone regularly immersing "themselves" in anything hotter.
- MertsA 7y ago
  120 degrees fahrenheit is around what your hot water heater is probably set as. Run the tap all the way hot and see how long you can leave your hand in that and then imagine putting your genitals in that for 45 minutes every day for three weeks and then repeating that every 4 months to avoid a gap in efficacy. That's just a terrible idea for practical contraception.
mrep 7y ago
116 is absolutely nuts. I went to some hot springs this summer in colorado and even there hottest tub topped out at 113 and while I was able to work my way up to that one, I was uncomfortable and left after 5 minutes. I cannot imagine trying to spend 45 minutes straight in a tub 3 degrees hotter!
- ThrustVectoring 7y ago
  Well, you don't need to put your whole body in for the method to work.
  - mrep 7y ago
    So have you dipped your balls in 116 degree fahrenheit water for 45 minutes per day for 3 weeks straight every 6 months because that honestly sounds horrible. I hate condoms but they sound far better than to what you are proposing. What was it like for you?
stickfigure 7y ago
I have accumulated a fair amount of experience with this in the last couple years hosting parties. You're close. * Under 80, most people don't want to swim. * The momentary shock-cold feeling when you jump in goes away somewhere near 85. * 90 degrees feels warm and comfortable, not hot. A bit high for swimming on a hot day but much less than that and most folks don't want to swim at night. * Less than 100 degrees feels "cold" for a hot tub. 104 keeps everyone happy. Hot tubs definitely go higher than 104 (although might require some funky button-work to "unlock" the temperature). * 110+ feels tingly, dip-in-slowly hot. You go in for a few minutes, then sit on the side for a few minutes, then dip back in, etc. You could sit with your lower half in the water for an hour as long as your upper half was exposed and you had cold water to drink. You'll sweat a lot. If the above poster has a hot tub set at 116, I wouldn't want to pay his electric bill.

dabbledash 7y ago

If your bath starts out >116, it almost certainly doesn’t stay that hot for 45 minutes.

leetcrew 7y ago

116F is really hot for water. to me at least, a hot tub starts feeling uncomfortable around just 108F.